posted October 17, 2013 12:01 AM            

The first rule astrologers must observe with respect to determining whether or not two individuals have had prior-life involvement is to determine the reliability of factors involved between cross chart (synastry) contacts. Tight planetary/angular aspect orbs between these contacts must be a consideration in this analysis as well as one or more of the following criteria:

a) the planetary ruler of one individual's south nodal sign is in *Ptolemaic aspect( under Ptolemaic aspects understand - all major aspects such as conj, oppos, square, trine and sextile ) or quincunx to the planetary ruler of the sign that the other's south node is in,

b) the south node itself of one individual is in Ptolemaic aspect or quincunx(quincunx= inconjunction) to the planetary ruler of the sign that the other individual's south node is placed,

c) the south node of one individual is in tight conjunction to any angular cusp in the other's nativity,

d) the planetary ruler of one individual's south nodal sign is in tight conjunction to any angular cusp in the other's nativity,

e) any angularly placed PNE point (Pre Natal Eclipse point) of one individual is in tight conjunction or opposition to any one of the aforementioned points in the other's nativity. (Pre Natal Eclipses are those eclipses of magnitude .500 or greater that occurred during the nine month period predating a person's date of birth),

f) any retrograde "outer" planet of one individual (such as Saturn, Uranus, Neptune or Pluto) is in tight aspect to any aforementioned points in the other's nativity,

g) the vertex/anti-vertex points of one individual is in tight conjunction to any aforementioned contact point in the other person's nativity. The vertex/anti-vertex points are considered to be "auxiliary" ascendant/descendant axis points discovered by Johndro, and later elaborated upon by Charles Jayne and others.

Many astrologers have noted on numerous occasions the occurrences of vertex/anti-vertex synastry conjunctions between two individuals that experience an extremely fated, predestinated relationship of great magnitude that irrevocably alters the landscapes of their respective lives,

h) any fixed star angularly place in one individual's nativity is in tight conjunction or opposition to any of the aforementioned points of contact within the other person's nativity.

Once these points of karmic contact have been established by the reviewing astrologer, they then can thus delineate the nature and character of these prior life involvements by reviewing the placement of planets in each others houses;

The north node in this comparison points to where each individual can escape (evolve out from) the crystallized habits and patterns established in the past (south node). Conventionally, the SOUTH NODE has been attributed with a Saturnian connotation. This is because the past acts in much the same fashion as chains that bind, limit, and restrict. Most of us would agree that "habit" is rooted in past conditioning and is thus "gravitational" in the sense that it is comfortably familiar and known; even if the habits and patterns are unhealthy and destructive in nature.